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Patented May 1 6, 1882.

N mgw l l M @@Mwwj UNITED STATES4 PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES E. VAN DUSEN, OF ONEON'IA, NEW YORK.

COFFIN.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 258,161, dated May 16, 1882'.

Application tiled January 4, 1882. (No model.)

To all lwhom it may concern:

My invention consists of the combination of,

an inner glass coffin, set with mortar in an outer glass case,with a curved rest for a gasket t to hermetically seal the glass cover.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a top view of a casket having my improvements therein. Fig. 2 is a cross-section thereof. In carrying outmy invention I makea wooden casket, A, with a removable cover, B, and insert a glass coffin, C, therein, embedding the con in mortar, either plaster-of-paris or other material. This coffin is provided with a glass cover, D, Fig. 2, which is sealed in place by means of the same mortar, thus making the cofn completely air-tight for interment or transportation. The coffin may also be inclosed in a leaden case and the joints sealed by a strip of lead. The outer ease, A, has a curved rest or shoulder for a gasket to seal the joint, in connection with the mortar or cement.

Havingdescribedmynvention,whatIelaim The combination of an inner glass. coiin, a layer of mortar, and an outer case having a shoulder or rest for a gasket to hermetically seal the glass cover,'substantiall y as. and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof `I afix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

UHAS. E. VAN DUSEN. Witnesses:

CLARENCE F. MAYHAM, HARVEY BAKER. 

